{"id":19806,"date":"2026-05-09T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/?p=19806"},"modified":"2026-05-09T18:59:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T00:59:48","slug":"fulcher-announces-25-million-returned-to-idahoans-through-casework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/fulcher-announces-25-million-returned-to-idahoans-through-casework\/","title":{"rendered":"Fulcher Announces $25 Million Returned to Idahoans Through Casework"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:\u00a0<\/strong>May 8, 2026<br><strong>CONTACT:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"mailto:Christianne.Allen@mail.house.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Christianne.Allen@mail.house.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WASHINGTON, D.C.&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2014 Today, U.S. Congressman Russ Fulcher (Idaho-01) announced that $25,050,884 has been returned to Idahoans through casework. This is money that was owed to constituents but was held up in a federal agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since arriving in Congress, Congressman Fulcher\u2019s office has opened 7,938 cases and closed 7,268, with those involving the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Department of Veterans Affairs being the most prevalent.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m proud to share that through my office\u2019s casework efforts, we have successfully returned more than $25 million to hardworking Idahoans in the First Congressional District,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>said Congressman Fulcher.&nbsp;<\/strong>\u201cI always say one of the most impactful things our team has the privilege to do is help Veterans, seniors, and everyday citizens with federal agencies. Whether it is advocating for the assistance they need, acquiring a timely response, or cutting through government bureaucracy and red tape, my casework team and I are devoted to delivering results for constituents.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Residents of the First District are encouraged to contact Congressman Fulcher\u2019s office at (208) 888-3188 or to visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fulcher.house.gov\/services\/help-with-a-federal-agency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><u>https:\/\/fulcher.house.gov\/services\/help-with-a-federal-agency\/<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;if they are having trouble receiving an answer from a federal agency in a timely fashion, or if they feel they have been treated unfairly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:\u00a0May 8, 2026CONTACT:\u00a0Christianne.Allen@mail.house.gov WASHINGTON, D.C.&nbsp;\u2014 Today, U.S. Congressman Russ Fulcher (Idaho-01) announced that $25,050,884 has been returned to Idahoans through casework. This is money that was owed to constituents but was held up in a federal agency. Since arriving in Congress, Congressman Fulcher\u2019s office has opened 7,938 cases and closed 7,268, with those [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":19808,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[243],"tags":[259],"class_list":["post-19806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinions-op-eds","tag-irs","cat-243-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19806"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19807,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19806\/revisions\/19807"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}